Everyone has baggage. Some of us have heaps and heaps of matching luggage we tote with us everywhere we go; some of us have suitcases of issues that seem small but weigh us down; many of us have quirks and idiosyncrasies that swing between annoying and charming. And then there are those of us who have mental and…

An MSNBC interview with Temple Grandin, the animal behaviorist whose experience with autism is the subject of an upcoming biopic, shed light not only on the disorder but on social — and antisocial — life as we know it.

The stereotype of a person with Asperger's is often a socially awkward little boy with a gadget or train obsession. Because of this enduring stereotype, and because the disorder is 10 times more prevalent in boys and men, doctors often miss diagnosing Asperger's in girls because it manifests itself differently.…

Our favorite Asperger's sufferer [One of them. -Ed.] Heather made it into the New York Times today! "She tried out for the show, she explained, partly to test her own limits. 'It was a point in my life where I was thinking either Asperger's was going to define me or I was going to be able to work around it.'" Well,…